Chapter 152: Founder Qin Has A Son?
Wanyan Gu fell into deep contemplation. Her investigation had told her that Ye Guan was from Nanzhou, and he was just an adopted son of the Ye Clan in Nanzhou rather than a direct descendant.
It was interesting because it was impossible for a monstrous talent like Ye Guan to possess a mediocre family background.
Wanyan Gu was convinced that Ye Guan’s status was special or he had a powerful family background. Otherwise, how could he have gotten to where he was today?
Without an excellent sword dao inheritance, there was no way he could have achieved so many astounding feats. In other words, Ye Guan’s background was definitely terrifying; Wanyan Gu simply had no idea of his background.
In other words, Ye Guan would truly have no issues producing a hundred million gold spiritual crystals in the future.
Wanyan Gu gazed deeply at Ye Guan and said, “I will escort you to the Guanxuan Universe. You said your father will pay me a hundred million gold spiritual crystals, right?”
Ye Guan froze. She actually believed me?
He said all that to bait answers out of Little Pagoda, but he was surprised when Little Pagoda chose to remain silent. However, Ye Guan was even more surprised to discover that Wanyan Gu had actually believed him.
Ye Guan felt like was between a rock and a hard place. He couldn’t put his father into debt without his father’s consent, and it wasn’t the right thing to do as well. What if his father was in a worse financial situation than he was? Wouldn’t his father fall into the abyss of debt if he made his father pay a hundred million gold spiritual crystals?
“Master Pagoda,” Ye Guan inwardly asked, “I said I won’t ask about my father’s identity anymore, but I really need to know whether he’s rich or not.”
Little Pagoda roared, “Shut up!”
Ye Guan didn’t know what to say.
He was about to open his mouth to reject Wanyan Gu’s help, but she urged, “Let’s go! The experts of the Immortal Treasures Pavilion will come soon, so we can’t stay here any longer.”
She turned around and disappeared into the horizon.
Ye Guan hesitated, but he eventually followed her.
Whatever, I’ll just think about this debt later! A father is supposed to help his struggling son, anyway.
An hour later, Wanyan Gu brought Ye Guan somewhere in the vast starry skies.
Ye Guan looked around and saw an ancient city in the distance. It wasn’t that big of a city, but Ye Guan was astonished by the fact that the ancient city was suspended in the starry skies.
Ye Guan sighed in admiration and exclaimed, “The universe is indeed full of wonders. I didn’t expect to see a city suspended in the starry skies!”
Wanyan Gu looked at him and frowned. Why does this bastard sound like he has never seen much of the world before?
“Lady Wanyan.” Ye Guan was curious, so he asked, “How come this city hasn’t fallen down?”
Wanyan Gu indifferently said, “It can’t be allowed to fall. Otherwise, the people beneath it will die!”
Ye Guan was stupefied.
Wanyan Gu explained, “You’re staring at Dark City, and the entire city is a famous black market. It’s a special place that is beyond the influence of the Immortal Treasures Pavilion and the Guanxuan Academy.”
“Wow,” muttered Ye Guan in stupefaction. “Is this city full of powerful people?”
Wanyan Gu nodded and said, “Yes, but the waters here are muddy, and the people here are from all walks of life, including those on wanted lists. In other words, those capable of making a living here aren’t simple.”
Wanyan Gu stared at Ye Guan and said, “Don’t trust anyone in there, do you understand?”
“I understand.” Ye Guan nodded.
Wanyan Gu remained silent as she stared at Ye Guan.
Ye Guan smiled sheepishly and added, “I’ll trust only you; I won’t trust anyone else!”
Wanyan Gu was slightly taken aback, and her expression softened as she said, “I know you’re strong, but it seems that you haven't seen much of the outside world, so I’m sure you don’t know just how dangerous people can be.
”The people here are full of secrets, and they are always scheming. They are the kind of people who will always prioritize profits and their own interests. This city doesn’t have any kind-hearted people anymore.”
“Indeed.” Ye Guan nodded slightly and said, “There are indeed some places that the light cannot reach.”
Wanyan Gu agreed, “Yes! The waters here are muddy, and it is indeed a dangerous place, but it has a silver living. With enough money, you can buy anything you want here. The only issue is that the prices are much higher than in other places.”
Ye Guan suddenly asked, “You said this place is beyond the influence of the Guanxuan Academy and the Immortal Treasures Pavilion, right?”
“Yes,” Wanyan Gu replied.
Ye Guan’s brows furrowed as he asked, “Does that mean they’re not under the governance of the Guanxuan Academy?”
Wanyan Gu smiled and asked, “Do you know who’s the big boss of Dark City?”
“The Guanxuan Academy?” guessed Ye Guan.
Wanyan Gu nodded. “We don’t know for sure, but they are definitely from the Guanxuan Academy, and I’m sure an influential figure from the Immortal Treasures Pavilion is involved with Dark City as well!
”In other words, the Main Guanxuan Academy has to send people down here if they want to bring this place under their governance. An ordinary person will have no luck investigating the dark currents here. Actually, they’ll simply disappear.”
Ye Guan finally understood why the Guanxuan Academy and the Immortal Treasures Pavilion had decided not to make any moves to bring Dark City under their influence.
“There’s simply too much money to earn here!” exclaimed Wanyan Gu. “It is estimated that tens of billions of gold spiritual crystals flow into and out of Dark City every day.”
Tens of billions?! Ye Guan stared incredulously at Wanyan Gu. That’s absurd!
Wanyan Gu added, “Ordinary people couldn’t possibly take a slice of such a massive pie, and the vested interests tied to Dark City are simply too great for it to fail.”
“I see…” Ye Guan nodded.
“Teleporting between worlds in a star field usually requires using the Immortal Treasures Pavilion’s teleportation arrays, but Dark City has its own teleportation arrays. Of course, they aren’t as good as the Immortal Treasures Pavilion’s teleportation arrays, but they are at least connected to the major worlds.
“There are no usage restrictions as well…
”The arrest warrants of the Immortal Treasures Pavilion and the Guanxuan Academy don’t matter here. As long as you have enough money, you can use the teleportation arrays of Dark City,” said Wanyan Gu.
“Are they expensive?” Ye Guan asked.
Wanyan Gu narrowed her eyes at Ye Guan and said, “It’ll cost you at least five million gold spiritual crystals to travel from here to the Main Guanxuan Academy!”
Five million gold spiritual crystals?! Ye Guan inhaled sharply. He thought he had become a rich man, but it seemed that his assumption had been a complete joke.
The greed of those higher in ranks was truly incomprehensible and unimaginable in the eyes of ordinary people. However, Dark City was obviously not as profitable as the Immortal Treasures Pavilion. It had to be known that the Immortal Treasures Pavilion had teleportation arrays and branches in every world!
It wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say that there would be an Immortal Treasures Pavilion branch where people lived.
Ye Guan shook his head and sighed. “Master Pagoda, why do you think Founder Qin Qin wants to earn so much money? Can she even spend so much money?”
Little Pagoda said indifferently, “She can just leave her money to her son to spend.”
Ye Guan’s curiosity was piqued.
“Founder Qin has a son?” he asked.
“Yes!”
“Is it with the Sword Master?”
“Yes!”
“Wow…” Ye Guan sighed in awe and said, “Doesn’t that mean that the Sword Master and Founder Qin’s son is invincible the moment he’s born? However, I don’t think becoming invincible from the get-go is a good thing, he would never be able to understand the joys of the common people!”
Little Pagoda said, “His son is a bad person!”
Ye Guan frowned and asked, “A bad person?”
“Yes!” Little Pagoda exclaimed and said, “He’s full of schemes, and those unlucky enough to get involved with him will have a miserable future.”
Ye Guan was confused by Little Pagoda’s statement.
He was about to ask more questions, but Wanyan Gu said, “We have to be careful.”
Ye Guan set his thoughts aside and found that they had already reached the city gates.
A black-robed young man with an eye patch over his right eye. He was standing on top of the city gates, so passing through the city gates meant walking beneath his crotch.
Ye Guan frowned upon realizing that.
Wanyan Gu stared at the black-robed young man and asked, “What is it? Do you want to collect a toll from me?”
The black-robed young man smiled crookedly and said, “Wanyan Gu, I’m not going to collect a toll from you, but…”
The black-robed young man glanced at Ye Guan and said, “I’ve never seen him
before, so he must be new here. In other words, I will have to collect a toll from him!
”However, I can give him a discount for your sake, Wanyan Gu. He just has to give me a million gold spiritual crystals!”
Wanyan Gu tugged at Ye Guan’s sleeve and said, “Show him one of your moves.”
Ye Guan nodded.
Swoosh!
A ray of sword flight flew and struck the black-robed young man’s forehead before the latter could even react. The black-robed young man’s head exploded like a watermelon; his brain matter and blood haphazardly spurted in all directions.
Wanyan Gu turned to Ye Guan and shouted, “I didn’t tell you to kill him!”
Ye Guan was stunned.
He smiled sheepishly and said, “Oops, I misunderstood. My apologies…”
Ye Guan opened his palm, and the black-robed young man’s storage ring flew toward him. Ye Guan examined the storage ring and found that it contained at least ten million gold spiritual crystals.
Ye Guan took out five million gold spiritual crystals and handed them over to Wanyan Gu.
“This is bad…” Wanyan Gu shook her head and dragged Ye Guan into the city.
“What’s going on?” asked Ye Guan.
Wanyan Gu explained in a low voice, “Dark City is teeming with gangs. They have united, and they’re fighting for spare change that the higher-ups of the Dark City couldn’t be bothered to collect. The gangs of Dark City are powerful, and the young man you killed was from the Southern Gang.
“The Southern Gang is one of the two biggest gangs in Dark City, and you’ve basically challenged them by killing one of their own. They’ll definitely not let this matter slide.”
“Is theft a crime here?” Ye Guan asked.
Wanyan Gu stared at Ye Guan with a frown.
“Theft? Why would you even do that?” she asked.
Ye Guan answered, “I’m poor!”
Wanyan Gu was speechless.
The two continued walking until Wanyan Gu abruptly stopped in her tracks.
A middle-aged man was standing in front of them, and many people emerged from behind him.
Wanyan Gu’s face fell. She glared at the middle-aged man and shouted, “Mo Gan!”
She truly didn’t expect that the Vice Leader of the Southern Gang would appear in front of them.
Mo Gan chuckled and said, “Wanyan Gu, I don’t think there’s an enmity between us, so why did you kill one of my boys?”
Wanyan Gu calmly asked, “Would you believe me if I said that this was all a misunderstanding?”
Mo Gan boisterously laughed and asked back, “What do you think?”
Wanyan Gu fell silent, seemingly thinking of something.
Ye Guan tugged at her sleeve and said, “Don’t be afraid; they’re not that strong. If they do something, leave it to me. I’ll make quick work of them.”
Ye Guan had said it in a low voice, but everyone still heard him.
Wanyan Gu’s face darkened as she chided, “You could have just told me that using profound sound transmission.”
Ye Guan fell silent, seemingly pondering over something.
Eventually, he looked at Mo Gan and said, “I came here to use the teleportation arrays of Dark City, I’m not here to be your enemy. Can you please step aside and let us pass?”
Mo Gan guffawed and taunted, “And what if I don’t want to?”
Shwik!
A ray of sword light momentarily blinded everyone, forcing them to close their eyes. By the time they opened their eyes, a sword was already sticking out of Mo Gan’s forehead.
Everyone was stupefied by the incredulous sight.
Mo Gan’s expression was frozen in disbelief.
“You left me with no choice but to take your storage ring with tears in my eyes!” said Ye Guan before unceremoniously snatching away Mo Gan’s storage ring.
Everyone was rendered speechless.
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